Mia M. Bengtsson

There is still one day left to apply for an exciting PhD position in my lab in the framework of the CONCENTRATE consortium. If you are interested in algal-bacterial interactions and marine glycans, don't hesitate! More details here: www.uni-greifswald.de/en/universit....

@miamynta.bsky.social also has an exciting open PhD position withon #TRR420 #CONCENTRATE. Check it out: www.uni-greifswald.de/en/universit...

PhD opportunity in my group as part of the #CONCENTRATE TRR. Marine algae-glycan-bacterial interactions. Please apply or share! www.uni-greifswald.de/en/universit...

Proud to be part of this!

I'm so happy and proud to be part of the collaborative research centre CONCENTRATE! Lots of cool research on algal-bacterial interactions and carbon cycling planned in my group. Stay posted!

view from office window showing greenery and blue sky

Enjoying my first stay at #SLU in Uppsala as an August T. Larsson guest researcher. Looking forward to strengthening collaborations within aquatic microbial ecology and #OneHealth with Prof. Stefan Bertilsson and others!

Junior faculty job alert in Germany - Marine Evolutionary Genomics @geomarkiel.bsky.social / University of Kiel www.geomar.de/en/karriere/... Marine study system of your choice (no microbes, sorry…), excellent infrastructure and ship access, moderate teaching requirements, closing date 6 June

FEMS Summer School for Postdocs 2025 - FEMS Menu: Introduction – Applications – Programme This has been the most valuable and enjoyable scientific event I’ve attended so far. The atmosphere was incredible, with inspiring co-directors and mentor...

Microbiology Postdocs from all over Europe and the Globe!
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Application for the FEMS SSPD 2025 “Harnessing microbial solutions in environmental research and One Health” is now open 👇
2 – 10 Sept 2025 on Lake Ohrid, North Macedonia
Co-Directors: Joana Falcao Salles and @luederslab.bsky.social

Postdoctoral Scholar in Quantitative Marine Ecology University of California, Santa Cruz is hiring. Apply now!

it's a hard and sad time in science / higher ed in the US right now. on the other hand, lots of PhDs are looking for work, so I wanted to share—

I'm hiring a postdoc!

it's a two-year position at UCSC to do (preferably Bayesian) modeling of marine ecosystems: recruit.ucsc.edu/JPF01892

I'm beyond excited to be part of this collaborative research centre! Stay tuned for updates from me on shallow water bodies in (coastal) peatlands and their microbiomes!

Kicking off WETSCAPES 2.0! This week marked the start of the first @dfg.de collaborative research center dedicated to researching rewetted fens. Over 50 scientists discussed the 100 screening sites, 5 core sites, and 2 landscape-level experiments. And we installed the first of our 1,000 sensors!

Obituary for Stein Fredriksen - For employees - University of Oslo On June 14th, we received a sad and unexpected message; our dear friend and colleague, Stein Fredriksen, passed away at the age of 68.

More to be read about Stein here: www.uio.no/english/for-...

Sea urchin intestinal bacterial communities depend on seaweed diet and contain nitrogen-fixing symbionts Gut bacterial communities vary with the seaweed fed to sea urchins.

I'm honoured to have finally coauthored a paper with him academic.oup.com/femsec/artic...

Stein meant a lot to me as he introduced me to kelp forest ecology and was extremely supportive in my early career. He's gone way too soon, but has left a lasting imprint on science and so many peoples lives.

Portrait of Stein Fredriksen behind a candle

Celebrating our recently published paper on sea urchin microbiomes in fond memory of coauthor Stein Fredriksen, a wonderful scientist, colleague and friend ❤️

Are seagrass meadows filters or reservoirs of pathogenic bacteria? Maybe both! Check out our new paper on Vibrios www.int-res.com/abstracts/am...

Seagrass Zostera marina in Baltic Sea showing blue carbon, photo credit Pekka Tuuri

The GEOMAR seagrass team is hiring. Time to make coastal restoration long-term sustainable. A fully funded 4-yr PhD position on eelgrass seascape genomics in the Baltic Sea, further details see here www.geomar.de/en/karriere/... @geomarkiel.bsky.social DM me for inquiries

taking sediment cores for blue carbon via SCUBA in the Baltic Sea

and another 5-yr (!) postdoctoral position at GEOMAR Kiel on advancing seagrass assisted evolution, see details and link to apply www.geomar.de/en/karriere/.... Omics and pop genetics knowledge required, seagrass and coastal ecology desirable. @geomarkiel.bsky.social DM me for inquiries

John Raven was a great inspiration to me as a budding scientist, proud to have met him in person!

Crazy!

New #museomics lab manager wanted at the University of Copenhagen!

Reorienting myself in the new social media landscape because of reasons. What is currently the best alternative to instagram, e.g. for science outreach purposes?

Lerche!

Here is the direct link to the PhD position in my lab: www.uni-greifswald.de/en/universit...

Project title: Spatial variability and lateral connectivity of fen microbiomes

Still a few days left to apply for numerous exciting PhD and Postdoc positions within the interdisciplinary WETSCAPES2.0 consortium, including a PhD position in my group and a Postdoc closely collaborating with us. Anyone interested in peatlands should check out and spread the word!

That's me in the pink hat! Excited to learn more about peatland microbiomes :)

Regulators of aerobic and anaerobic methane oxidation in two pristine temperate peatland types Abstract. Despite covering less than 5% of Earth's terrestrial area, peatlands are crucial for global carbon storage and are hot spots of methane cycling.

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The first PhD paper of my first PhD student Justus Nweze is out! 🤩
We looked at aerobic and anaerobic methanotrophs in Czech peat:

academic.oup.com/femsec/advan...

Thanks also to Vojtech Tlaskal, @wutkowska.bsky.social, Travis Meador, Tomas Picek, and Zuzana Urbanova for a great collaboration!

We spent a large part of our summer on annotating protein coding genes in 49 diatom genomes. A joint effort of @jillwegrzyn.bsky.social 's team at UConn,
@miamynta.bsky.social and my own team UG. Preprint:
doi.org/10.48550/arX...
Data is currently on Zenodo.

Woohoo! Big congratulations Coto!

Active afforestation of drained peatlands is not a viable option under the EU Nature Restoration Law - Ambio The EU Nature Restoration Law (NRL) is critical for the restoration of degraded ecosystems and active afforestation of degraded peatlands has been suggested as a restoration measure under the NRL. Her...

Finally, our perspective paper „Active afforestation of drained peatlands is not a viable option under the EU Nature Restoration Law is published in Ambio. We urgently need an undiluted Nature Restoration Law! link.springer.com/article/10.1... @greifswaldmoor.bsky.social @succowstiftung.bsky.social